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Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

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Reviewed by TRI-Link "You've got a problem. You're Cucumber. But you're also a Knight of the Realm, which helps make up for the fact that you go through life long, green, and with seeds. And now to make matters worse, your beloved Princess Tomato has been kidnapped by the wicked Minister Pumpkin, who then boots King Broccoli off the throne and proceeds to abolish all truth, justice, sweetness and light from the Salad Kingdom. So why are you just laying around waiting to ripen? As Sir Cucumber, you've got to rescue you Princess and save her domain from the power-mad Pumpkin. Otherwise, the entire Salad Kingdom will be tossed into a frenzy--or even into a bowl with a dash of oil and vinegar. Sir Cucumber, your Princess awaits!" Back of the box. "Many growing seasons ago there was a place where vegetables lived happily and in harmony. One day, Minister Pumpkin betrayed King Broccoli. He kidnapped Princess Tomato and stole the Turnip Emblem. He took them to his castle in the Zucchini Mountains. He sent his cruel Fairies out to terrorize all the vegetables in the Salad Kingdom. Shortly thereafter, the poor King died from the loss of his beautiful daughter. But he promised you, brave, Sir Cucumber, the Princess' hand and the Kingdom if you bring them back safely. God Speed Sir Cucumber!" The game opening. This game is a very simple RPG, where you as sir Cucumber travel through many food theme levels. By selecting: move (go somewhere), look (look around, or at something), check (similar to look), talk (talk to some one, what you say is up to the game), take (take something), use (use an item), give (give an item away), buy (buy something), hit (hit something), fight (Challenge an enemy to a game of rock, paper, scissors), praise (praise someone or something), dump (get rid of an item), item (look at what items you have), and Percy (ask Percy for his opinion). You use the control pad to choose an action, then press A to select it, then use the control pad to select what it is you want to do with that action, then press A to execute, or B to cancel (i.e. move A forward A). In level 1 you come across Percy, an orphaned persimmon. You revive him with water, and after that he give you advice, and calls you boss. You also find prince Endive, consult a shrine, and get a fake ID from friendly melons. In level 2 you stroll around town learning about the resistance, and the police, which are under the control of minister pumpkin. You buy things in stores, talk to a hearing impaired ear of corn that doesn't like the city, and go to the local cabaret and listen to the tutti-frutti trio, the salad kingdoms hottest new band. I won't go into any further detail as to what happens in each level.

Graphics 7.5 out of 10

What can I say. This game has very unique graphics. There is little movement outside of the fight screen. But the quality of the graphics themselves aren't make up for it. with the possible exception of the fig that sells FDA un-approved medicine, which look very unappetizing, to put it mildly.

Music and Sound 6.8 out of 10

The music in this game is very well suited to the rest of the game. And a bit peppy, to say the least.

Game Challenge 5 out of 10

This game is relatively easy, although it takes some patience, and persistence to get through it. Despite the fact that you can't die, or get sent back, unless you set off the alarm in the police station, in which case they send you back to the water torture room.

Game Play-Fun 9.9 out of 10

With it's fun places, silly problems, and charming characters. What's not to like about this game!

Frustration

Most of the game is unusually low in frustration. However the default responses get a bit tiring, such as: Praise: Your such a sweet talker! Hit: Knock knock... nothing happened Talk: But no one's around! etc. And you can get frustrated while fighting enemies, but the more frustrated you get, the more you loose, and the more frustrated you get; so it's best to just stay cool. The amount of time you have to spend repeating actions can be frustrating; such as when sargent Pepper locks you in the water torture room, you have to try the same things many times until he goes away, then try every thing several more times, until you get out. Then there's the mazes (There are three of them), they can be very hard to navigate, especially the first time, or without a compass. But the most frustrating thing has got to be getting the key from Raddish Ron. The tipsters in the same level can be frustrating, but they're still necessary. Also the music doesn't help your frustration much, it's so peppy! The places where music is at it's worst is in the water torture room, and mazes, simply because of distraction. And getting the gofer to come out of his hole can be hard, if you don't have the umbrella. The pass words are long, but that's not unusual, And because the password don't contain any information about the state of the game, so if you start a new game it won't recognize your old password; for the same reason, you can't use other people's passwords.

Replayability 9.9 out of 10

Overall it's a highly replayable game, if you're in the right mood. If your not in the mood, it can be a bit to repetitive, since you already know what to do.

Game Value 9 out of 10

If you like this type of low stress game, it is defiantly worth almost any price. And if your a collector, it's a must have.

Oddities 7.7 out of 10

This game is overflowing with strange, grammar, punctuation, and spelling, probably from being translated from Japanese. It also has other hints at it's Japanese origins, such as the occasional vegetable not usually found in American culture, or the peanut chieftains house. Also the "people", aside from the fact that they are vegetables in the first place, there is the strangness that princess Tomato's father is a broccoli, and her sister is human! Not to mention that percy can talk to statues, and they talk back. And the biggest oddity is the abundance of cannibalism! There's a spinach field, and juice bars, not to mention the asparagus doughnut! In fact, just after talking to a sour-sop Percy get a craving for sour-sop soda! And the old peanut that runs the shop in the peanut village sells peanut butter! They also use vegetables to build things like houses, and furniture. In fact if check Lisa's foot stool it turns out to be a baby onion! But as odd as that is the oddest oddity is the chameleon grass that grows at the base of the big tree, at the far end of the plateau, it turns you into whatever it is your thinking of! That may not seem so odd at first, but just see what happens when you and Percy first try it!

Violence 0.1 out of 10

The only even close to violence, is the cannibalism, by which I mean the fact that they eat vegetables, drink vegetable juice. They also have vegetable houses, and furniture. And that the fairies become carnivores in the end. And when prince Endive gets baried up to his neck, or when the melons get picked. Other than that the time you get locked in the water torture room. In fact the only times you inflict violence are, the when you hit percy, when you push him into the pond (you have to do this to get the pumpkin ornament), and when you blow up Bananza to rescue Nutty. Other than that the only disreputable activity is when the princess' servant accuses you of being gross, for interrupting her shower (also necessary, the interruption I mean); or when you scare off Pumpkin Jr. with a catterpillar.

Overall 9.9 out of 10

All in all, this is a wonderful game. Sure to please almost any player, with it's delightful places, cheerful characters, and down right silly problems!

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